# Introduction to College-level Research

- By: Iowa State University Library Instruction Services
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- Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
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You will learn how scholarly information is produced, organized, and accessed; how to construct and use effective search strategies in a variety of web tools and scholarly databases; how to choose finding tools appropriate to the type of information you need; critical thinking skills in the evaluation of resources; and best practices in the ethical use of information.